A pivotal album for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, 1989's Mother's Milk turned the tide and transformed the band from underground funk-rocking rappers to mainstream bad boys with seemingly very little effort. Mother's Milk brought them to MTV, scored them a deal with Warner Bros., and let both frontman Anthony Kiedis and the ubiquitous Flea get back into a good groove following the death of co-founding member Hillel Slovak…

Blood Sugar Sex Magik is the fifth studio album by American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, released on September 24, 1991. Produced by Rick Rubin, it was the band's first record released on Warner Bros. Records. The musical styles of Blood Sugar Sex Magik differed notably from the techniques employed on the Chili Peppers' preceding album, Mother's Milk, and featured little use of heavy metal guitar riffs. The album's subject matter incorporated sexual innuendos and references to drugs and death as well as themes of lust and exuberance. Blood Sugar Sex Magik also ranked number 310 on Rolling Stone's the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time" and number 14 on the "100 Best Albums of the Nineties".

What Hits!? is the American funk/alternative rock band The Red Hot Chili Peppers' 1992 compilation record. The album features tracks from five of the Chili Peppers' previous records including: Mother's Milk, The Uplift Mofo Party Plan, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Blood Sugar Sex Magik, and Freaky Styley. What Hits!? highlights singles "Behind the Sun", "Under the Bridge" and their hit single "Show Me Your Soul" which was featured in the 1990 film Pretty Woman.

The Red Hot Chili Peppers made their stunning self-titled debut in 1984. Produced by Andy Gill, the album is the only recording to feature guitarist Jack Sherman. The Red Hot Chili Peppers launched the band’s illustrious career, which boasts multiple GRAMMY Awards, over eighty million records sold worldwide and induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Standouts include “Green Heaven,” “Get Up And Jump” and “Out In L.A.”.

Red Hot Chili Peppers' bass hero Flea is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest rock bass guitarists of all time, fusing an unstoppable funk technique with the power and weight of hard rock. From the sun-bleached soul of Californication to the slap-bass pyrotechnics of Give It Away, here's your chance to get a step-by-step guide to five of the Chili Peppers' hottest songs from across their varied career. Phil Williams demonstrates every riff and lick, leaving no stone unturned as he dissects the unmistakable Flea style.

THE CLASSIC 1996 BROADCAST By the mid-1990s the Red Hot Chili Peppers were going through a transitional period. Following the first departure of guitarist John Frusciante in 1992, and several abortive attempts to audition a replacement, the group finally teamed up with former Jane s Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro in 1994. Navarro made many notable appearances with the band, including Woodstock 94, headline slots at Pukkelpop and Reading festivals, and two dates opening for The Rolling Stones.

Many figured that the Red Hot Chili Peppers' days as undisputed alternative kings were numbered after their lackluster 1995 release One Hot Minute, but like the great phoenix rising from the ashes, this legendary and influential outfit returned back to greatness with 1999's Californication.